Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.3.172.57 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Skandapurana is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.

Verse 5.3.172.57

देवालये तु राजेन्द्र यश्च कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणाम् ।
प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन ससागरधरा धरा ॥ ५७ ॥

devālaye tu rājendra yaśca kuryātpradakṣiṇām |
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena sasāgaradharā dharā || 57 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.3.172.57 is contained in the book The Skanda-Purana by G. V. Tagare. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.3.172.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devalaya, Rajendra, Yah, Pradakshina, Tad, Tena, Sasagara, Dhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.3.172.57). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “devālaye tu rājendra yaśca kuryātpradakṣiṇām
  • devālaye -
  • devālaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rājendra -
  • rājendra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • pradakṣiṇām -
  • pradakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena sasāgaradharā dharā
  • Cannot analyse pradakṣiṇīkṛtā*te
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • sasāgara -
  • sasāgara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sasāgara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharā* -
  • dhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dharā -
  • dharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 5.3.172.57

Cover of edition (2016)

Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)

(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office

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Cover of Bengali edition

Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 5.3.172.57 in Bengali sript:
দেবালযে তু রাজেন্দ্র যশ্চ কুর্যাত্প্রদক্ষিণাম্ ।
প্রদক্ষিণীকৃতা তেন সসাগরধরা ধরা ॥ ৫৭ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 5.3.172.57 in Kannada sript:
ದೇವಾಲಯೇ ತು ರಾಜೇನ್ದ್ರ ಯಶ್ಚ ಕುರ್ಯಾತ್ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಮ್ ।
ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೀಕೃತಾ ತೇನ ಸಸಾಗರಧರಾ ಧರಾ ॥ ೫೭ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 5.3.172.57 in Gujarati sript:
દેવાલયે તુ રાજેન્દ્ર યશ્ચ કુર્યાત્પ્રદક્ષિણામ્ ।
પ્રદક્ષિણીકૃતા તેન સસાગરધરા ધરા ॥ ૫૭ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)

(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur

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Preview of verse 5.3.172.57 in Malayalam sript:
ദേവാലയേ തു രാജേന്ദ്ര യശ്ച കുര്യാത്പ്രദക്ഷിണാമ് ।
പ്രദക്ഷിണീകൃതാ തേന സസാഗരധരാ ധരാ ॥ ൫൭ ॥

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